Overview

22.100 Attorney's fees - general principles
22.200 Attorney's fees on behalf of employee
22.300 Attorney's fees and other sanctions on behalf of employer
22.400 Costs

22.100 Attorney's fees - general principles
           22.110 Burden of proof
                      22.111 District court's obligation to make explicit findings
                      22.112 District court's obligation to rely on evidence in the record
                      22.113 Prevailing party must prove entitlement to all fees claimed
           22.120 Standard of review
           22.130 Statutory authority for fees and costs
                      22.131 28 U.S.C. § 1927
                      22.132 42 U.S.C. § 1988(b)
           22.140 Statutory authority, by anti-discrimination law, for fee awards
                      22.141 ADEA
                                22.141.10 Whether Title VII's "prevailing party" analysis applies
                                22.141.20 Federal employee
                                22.141.30 Standard of awarding fees to employer
                      22.142 ADA
                      22.143 Equal Pay Act
                      22.144 42 U.S.C. § 1981
                      22.145 42 U.S.C. § 1983
                      22.146 FMLA
                      22.147 Rehabilitation Act
                      22.148 Title VII
                      22.149 [Reserved]
           22.150 Purpose of awarding attorney's fees
           22.160 Miscellaneous
                      22.161 Standards for awarding fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and Title VII
                                are identical
                      22.162 Standards for awarding fees under the ADA and Title VII are identical
                      22.163 42 U.S.C. § 1988 standard applies to fee analysis based on other statutes
                      22.164 Attorney's fees can be awarded under Title VII for a party prevailing in
                                a state administrative proceeding
                      22.165 Standard for apportioning fees against multiple defendants

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22.200 Attorney's fees on behalf of employee
           22.210 General principles
                      22.211 Lodestar method preferred
                      22.212 Factors considered in lodestar
                      22.213 Prevailing plaintiff ordinarily entitled to attorney's fees
           22.220 Prevailing party / catalyst theory
                      22.221 Nominal relief or no relief
                      22.222 What if mixed-motive defense is established?
                                22.222.10 Mixed-motive Title VII retaliation claims
                      22.223 Relief on pendent state claims only
                      22.224 Injunctive relief that does not benefit the plaintiff
           22.230 Calculation of amount
                      22.231 Hourly rate
                                22.231.10 District court has broad discretion
                                22.231.20 Rates in local community
                                              22.231.21 Prevailing rate for similar work
                                              22.231.22 Attorney's normal hourly rate
                                22.231.30 Whether to award current or historical rates
                                22.231.40 Examples of recent hourly rates awarded
                      22.232 Number of hours
                                22.232.10 Multiple lawyers performing same task
                                22.232.20 Duty to exercise "billing judgment"
                                22.232.30 Specific issues
                                              22.232.31 Hours for "jury watch"
                      22.233 Degree of success or "results obtained"
                                22.233.10 Whether claims are related or severable?
                                22.233.20 Victory on few claims and award of limited relief
                                22.233.30 Victory on most claims and award of substantial relief
                                22.233.40 Victory on most claims, but no award of significant relief
                                22.233.50 Victory on most claims and award of limited, but not
                                              insubstantial, relief
                                22.233.60 Comparison between ad damnum and amount actually awarded
                      22.234 Time records
                                22.234.10 Time records should be contemporaneous
                                22.234.20 Time records should be meticulous
                      22.235 Pre-judgment interest
                      22.236 [Reserved]
                      22.237 [Reserved]
                      22.238 Multiplier for exceptional success
                      22.239 Other factors in determination of court-awarded fees
                                22.239.10 Effect of offer of judgment or settlement offer on award of
                                              attorney's fees
                                              22.239.11 Calculating amount of judgment with respect to a
                                                            Rule 68 offer of judgment
                                22.239.20 Contingency fee
                                22.239.30 Proportionality of fees to the plaintiff's award
           22.240 Entitlement to fees for time spent litigating fee award
           22.250 Interplay between court-awarded fees and contingent fees
           22.260 Appellate issues
                      22.261 Effect on fee award when judgment for plaintiff is reversed

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22.300 Attorney's fees and other sanctions on behalf of employer
           22.310 Legal standard for awarding fees to employer
                      22.311 Reliance on attorney's advice is not a complete defense
                      22.312 Showing of bad faith not required, and proof of good faith is not a defense
                      22.313 Right to notice before sanctions are imposed
                      22.314 Dismissal for failure to state a claim does not automatically mean lawsuit
                                was frivolous
                      22.315 Effect of offer of judgment or settlement offer upon employer's entitlement
                                to attorney's fees
                      22.316 When is an appeal frivolous?
           22.320 Even if legal standard is met, decision to award fees is discretionary
           22.330 Apportioning fees between frivolous and non-frivolous claims
           22.340  [Reserved]
              22.350  [Reserved]
              22.360  [Reserved]
              22.370  [Reserved]
              22.380  [Reserved]
           22.390 Miscellaneous issues
                      22.391 Attorney's fees not recoverable as part of a Rule 68 offer of judgment
                      22.392 When does a settlement qualify as a nuisance-value settlement?

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22.400 Costs
           22.410 Entitlement to costs
                      22.411 Burden of proof
                                22.411.10 Employer can recover costs even though lawsuit was not
                                              frivolous
                      22.412 Standard of review
                      22.413 Legal authority for awarding costs
                                22.413.10 28 U.S.C. § 1920
                                22.413.20 Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(d)
                                22.413.30 42 U.S.C. § 1988
                                22.413.40 Title VII
                      22.414 Interplay between legal authority for awarding costs
                      22.415 Prevailing party for purposes of costs
                      22.416 Court must provide a valid reason for not awarding costs to a prevailing
                                party
                                22.416.10 Reasons to deny costs to prevailing party
           22.420 Case law interpreting legal authority for awarding costs
                      22.421 Overview
                      22.422 28 U.S.C. § 1920
                      22.423 Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(d)
                                 22.423.10 Prevailing party
                                              22.423.11 Nominal damages is sufficient for prevailing party
                                                            status
                                              22.423.12 Both sides cannot be prevailing party
                      22.424 Title VII
           22.430 Whether particular costs are recoverable
                      22.430.01 Copying costs
                      22.430.02 Depositions
                      22.430.03 Exhibit costs
                      22.430.04 Expert witness fees
                      22.430.05 Investigative fees
                      22.430.06 Legal research
                      22.430.07 Mediation expenses
                      22.430.08 Service of process fees
                      22.430.09 Travel
                      22.430.10 Videographer

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